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Dr Adequate
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Message 66 of 192 (591502)
11-14-2010 1:17 PM
Reply to: Message 47 by Buzsaw
11-13-2010 9:54 PM


Re: Constructive Criticism Appreciated
Relative; definition; Online Dictionary:
1. Having pertinence or relevance; connected or related
Yes, well, if you had instead written: "What are some of the things that irritate you having pertinence or relevance to how members communicate", that would have been equally annoying.
There is a word which would have expressed exactly what you meant. That word is "about". As in: "What irritates you about how members communicate?"
Avoiding natural usage doesn't make you sound intelligent even if you get it right: it just makes you sound pretentious. Doing so and getting it wrong is unforgiveable. And the result is that a ten-year old would have written the sentence better than you did, since a ten-year old would certainly have written "about".

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Dr Adequate
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Message 67 of 192 (591507)
11-14-2010 1:32 PM
Reply to: Message 63 by jar
11-14-2010 11:36 AM


Re: Profanity And Racism
Does it not then make more sense to post as though you were in the presence of young children?
OK. In that case, kids, I was only joking when I said there was no Santa Claus. Stop crying now.
Secondly, whatever I may have previously stated or implied, your doggy is in heaven, and I wish to retract and repudiate any remarks that I may have made to the contrary.
And finally, I'm sorry for all the naughty swears. I have sullied the Internet, and I am ashamed.

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Dr Adequate
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Message 68 of 192 (591508)
11-14-2010 1:34 PM
Reply to: Message 6 by nwr
11-13-2010 9:07 AM


The spell checker built into firefox immediately flagged that "aire". Well, okay, it also flags "firefox" ...
That's 'cos it thinks you should capitalize it.

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Dr Adequate
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Message 85 of 192 (591602)
11-15-2010 12:31 AM
Reply to: Message 79 by Buzsaw
11-14-2010 6:43 PM


Re: Constructive Criticism Appreciated
Thanks for the advice, Dr Adequate. Maybe I'll use that word for some variety. Nevertheless we shouldn't feel the need to talk the same talk and use the same words to communicate?
It would certainly be a poorer world if we all wrote in the same style. But there are certain rules of spelling and grammar that you should probably stick to if you want to appear literate.

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